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Wed, 11 Apr 2007 | By kirank | Views [490] | Comments [2]
I have met so many lovely people in this town I almost never want to leave. The centre of town is called old town but they seem to have trashed everything that was old and rebuilt it in the old style. Every building is identical. Every one is a shop ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Tue, 10 Apr 2007 | By katiedoestheworld | Views [549]
The first part to our trip to China consisted of four major stops: Hong Kong, Shanghai, Xi'an, and Beijing. We were with the rest of the family and our experiences there were written down at some point. However, the real adventure began once my sister, ... Read more >
Fri, 6 Apr 2007 | By kirank | Views [441]
Kunming was never on my itinerary but I came on a whim after a few people told me it was lovely and worth visiting. Took a soft sleeper on a train to Kunming - a 22 hour epic. The trains here are huge at least twice the length of one of our intercity ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Wed, 4 Apr 2007 | By katie_rose | Views [5585] | Comments [9]
Hi everybody :-) First I have been told that my grammer is terrible, so let me apologise now for all future articles. Lucky I am teaching young kids so its mainly spoken english and they don't have to pick up my bad mistakes. So the flight from ... Read more >
Tags: Work
Wed, 4 Apr 2007 | By millylang | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 1 Apr 2007 | By kirank | Views [1115] | Comments [4]
Travelling from Yangshuo to Guilin I was expecting the bus to stop at a bus station and was looking out for said bus station when the lady conductor unloaded my suitcase at a random street corner and told me to get off the bus, in that order. OK so I ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sun, 1 Apr 2007 | By katie_rose | Views [1157] | Comments [2]
2 nights in Beijing. The flight from Ho Chi Minh city to Beijing was uneventful. We had a quick stop and equipment change in Hanoi before rebourding the plane to Beijing. By now I am getting used to being the minority, you see other westerners, but ... Read more >
Tags: Lost!
Sun, 1 Apr 2007 | By esperanto | Photo Gallery
Guangxi and Hong Kong
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Wed, 28 Mar 2007 | By kirank | Views [515] | Comments [5]
(Pronounced YanSo) Took a sleeper bus to get here. The bus is only slightly bigger than a single decker bus. It contains 36 beds - 2 beds high, 3 beds wide and 6 beds long. However this is only possible because they don't expect people to be any taller ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Wed, 28 Mar 2007 | By peggy_sue | Views [427] | Comments [1]
Sunday 25th arrived in Chengdu. We only had one day here but it was quite a busy one. We went and had breakfast at 6am at a hostel round the corner. We then went up to the panda breeding centre which was great. The reserve has really large grounds ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Wed, 28 Mar 2007 | By peggy_sue | Views [473]
Had an overnight train journey from Beijing to Xi'an which was 10 hours long but luckily was asleep most of the way. After arriving at our hotel we went to the local huiling who look after people with special needs and teach them skills so that they ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Wed, 28 Mar 2007 | By peggy_sue | Views [476]
So much to catch up on! I've had a few problems uploading photos on the internet here so I'm going to wait until I get to Hong Kong where it's a bit more reliable! So Beijing. It's a busy city and I never saw blue sky once. I haven't felt clean in ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Sun, 25 Mar 2007 | By kirank | Views [439] | Comments [6]
Stayed here for no other reason than it was the nearest city to the China-Hong Kong border. It's a great big modern city and would not look out of place in the West. In the guide book it mentioned that this was the piracy capital of China controlled ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Sun, 25 Mar 2007 | By lostgraduate | Views [396]
This will be my first entry and it is being made before the trip begins. Mainly so that I can become familiar with the program because everyone knows I am far from being computer savvy! I am working on getting everything set up for the trip along with ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
Fri, 23 Mar 2007 | By peggy_sue | Photo Gallery
Monday 19th March
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